Chuckle....you're the one that's a moron for barking about this. The purpose of electric pens...which was invented by Edison over 100 years ago is for signing papers that are in another location. Obama still has to sign each paper for those death notices that are of course mailed from their respective locations. It was even used to sign off on the Patriot Act among many other documennts

The fact that you're making a big deal over a device that's been used by every President since 1890 is just plain stupid....Grow up you fucking moron

Truth and facts are like a barbed wire wrapped dildo shoved straight up the ass of fake outrage whiners it seems. LOL

Only you would know what Obama was doing every moment of the day with that man crush you have on him.

You = LOSER

Yep....silly for thinking that military death notices are mailed from the White House..... That's the purpose of an electric pen...among other things like keeping people from selling those items as well:

Yep....silly for thinking that military death notices are mailed from the White House..... That's the purpose of an electric pen...among other things like keeping people from selling those items as well:

Yep....silly for thinking that military death notices are mailed from the White House..... That's the purpose of an electric pen...among other things like keeping people from selling those items as well:

No the fuck he didn't....he even signed the Patriot Act with an electric pen. He used it as much as Calvin Coolidge and Teddy Rose used it....Now look below and learn something

That is an early model electric pen.....do you see the hand on the pen?? Guess what??? You still have to write out your signature....it simply gets transcribed at another location....like maybe where military letters are mailed out???

Leadership: The lack of respect our commander in chief has for our fallen heroes was shown by the sending of a form letter signed by auto-pen to the families of 17 Navy SEALs killed in a crash in Afghanistan.

'I don't take these folks too seriously," President Obama recently told the Virginian-Pilot, referring to a group of former SEALs who formed the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc., to run ads attacking the leaking of details of the Osama bin Laden raid and other national secrets to further his reelection chances.

Apparently the president doesn't take the sacrifice of Navy SEALs who've fallen in battle and the grief of their surviving families too seriously, judging from the form letter sent out to the families of 17 who were among 30 U.S. service members killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter transporting them crashed in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 6, 2011.

As Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit reports, Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of Aaron Carson Vaughn, spoke at the Defending the Defenders forum sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots outside the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Karen brought a copy of the form letter they were sent after their son's death in that crash. It shocked her to discover that all the families had received the same letter with only the names different.

It shocks us too. This was the single greatest loss of life in the decade-long Afghan war, one involving 17 Navy SEALs who were on a mission to aid a U.S. Army Ranger unit that was under heavy fire. Such a sacrifice by this group of genuine American heroes warranted more than a form letter to the families.

The "Preezy of the United Steezy," as late-night talk-show host Jimmy Fallon refers to him, felt the death of rapper Heavy D last November warranted a personal letter rather than the form letter sent to the families of those who died in battle for their country.

"We extend our heartfelt condolences at this difficult time," the president wrote in the letter, which according to the Associated Press was read by the Rev. Al Sharpton at Heavy D's service. "He will be remembered for his infectious optimism and many contributions to American music. Please know that you and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers."

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The fact that the form letter to the SEALs was revealed at a Tea Party Patriot event will no doubt prompt Obama defenders to question the motives of the grieving families. We feel they have both a right to their grief and the right to free speech their sons gave their lives to protect.

They wonder, as we do, how the Obama administration could find time to grant Hollywood privileged access to facilities and information regarding the bin Laden raid involving Navy SEALs but could not find the time to properly thank SEAL families for their sacrifice.

We are reminded of how the Obama administration tried to court-martial three SEALs who had heroically completed a mission to capture a wanted terrorist responsible for the slaughter of American contractors in Fallujah, Iraq.

On Sept. 3, 2009, Special Warfare Operators 2nd Class Matthew McCabe of Perrysburg, Ohio, and Jonathan Keefe of Yorktown, Va., as well as Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Julio Huertas of Blue Island, Ill., were members of Navy SEAL Team 10 that was dropped into harm's way to capture a high-value target known as Objective Amber.

Their mission to capture Ahmed Hashim Abed, mastermind behind the killing, burning and mutilation of four American contractors working for Blackwater USA in Fallujah in March 2004, was a success. But so skewed were our priorities under this administration that the three SEALs faced court-martial because Abed claimed McCabe punched him in the stomach while in custody.

These are the ways our commander-in-chief thanks Navy SEALs for their sacrifice and service.

White House Disputes Charge President Uses "Auto-pen" for Letters to Lost Soldiers' Grieving FamiliesThe White House today disputed the suggestion that the president had used an auto-pen to sign condolence letters to the families of Navy SEALs killed in a Chinook crash in Afghanistan last year.

"The President personally signs every letter to the families of fallen service members in Iraq and Afghanistan," said White House National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor, "and he has said many times that it is one of the most difficult parts of his job and a reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform."

The story that the president used an auto-pen to sign form letters was first posted in a blog from The Gateway Pundit, which posted letters from the president to Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of the late SEAL Aaron Carson Vaughn, and letters to other parents of SEALs killed in that August 6, 2011 crash, asserting that the letters were "form letters - signed by an electric pen."

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The White House did not dispute that the letters were form letters, but that would appear to not be unique to this president. A 2003 Newsweek story reported that the sympathy letters grieving families had received from President George W. Bush were "form letters. With the exception of the salutation and a reference to the fallen soldier in the text, the letters the families shared with me are all the same."

White House Disputes Charge President Uses "Auto-pen" for Letters to Lost Soldiers' Grieving FamiliesThe White House today disputed the suggestion that the president had used an auto-pen to sign condolence letters to the families of Navy SEALs killed in a Chinook crash in Afghanistan last year.

"The President personally signs every letter to the families of fallen service members in Iraq and Afghanistan," said White House National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor, "and he has said many times that it is one of the most difficult parts of his job and a reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform."

The story that the president used an auto-pen to sign form letters was first posted in a blog from The Gateway Pundit, which posted letters from the president to Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of the late SEAL Aaron Carson Vaughn, and letters to other parents of SEALs killed in that August 6, 2011 crash, asserting that the letters were "form letters - signed by an electric pen."

---SNIP---

The White House did not dispute that the letters were form letters, but that would appear to not be unique to this president. A 2003 Newsweek story reported that the sympathy letters grieving families had received from President George W. Bush were "form letters. With the exception of the salutation and a reference to the fallen soldier in the text, the letters the families shared with me are all the same."

No the fuck he didn't....he even signed the Patriot Act with an electric pen. He used it as much as Calvin Coolidge and Teddy Rose used it....Now look below and learn something

That is an early model electric pen.....do you see the hand on the pen?? Guess what??? You still have to write out your signature....it simply gets transcribed at another location....like maybe where military letters are mailed out???

Your drunken madness with Obama is sickening to say the least

333...setting a new record in getting his ass owned multiple times in the same thread.I think the debate about you being a lawyer is over

Every night before he goes to sleep, President Barack Obama reads 10 letters from the American public selected for him by his staff. And for a lucky few, Obama chooses to respond with a handwritten note -- a small kindness from the man with the most important job in America.

Most families that receive a note back from the president regard them as priceless mementos, something to pass on to their children or frame in their home.

But for some in dire straits, the financial incentive to sell these notes outweighs their value as heirlooms. Think of it as Obama's personal micro-stimulus plan.

Laura Stephenson, a stay-at-home mother of four in Menifee, Calif., received a handwritten note from Obama last September.

She had written to Obama back in March, frustrated after three years of helping her husband send out thousands of resumes and applications for manufacturing jobs. At that point, Stephenson's family had been on food stamps for about two years and her husband, 58, was constantly being passed over for work despite his experience in aerospace manufacturing.

Stephenson told The Huffington Post that she had written her letter mostly to vent about the effects of the recession on her family, and never expected a reply back. When Obama's letter arrived, Stephenson was shocked.

"I was floored," she said. "I couldn't believe what had gone through his mind to actually pick my letter to respond to."

Stephenson, a registered Republican, did not vote for Obama in 2008 and does not plan to vote for him next month. Still, she understood that he was a historic president and wanted to save the note as a keepsake for her children, who could pass it on to their children.

But when Stephenson googled the president's signature, trying to verify the note's authenticity, she came across a story about Destiny Mathis, an unemployed mother of three who tried to sell her own treasured Obama letter to avoid getting evicted from her apartment.

Mathis had gone through Gary Zimet, owner of the historical document auction site Moments In Time. Zimet told HuffPost that he's already sold about 10 letters from President Obama, and they've brought in anywhere from $5,000 to $20,000.

Zimet estimates that Stephenson's note is worth roughly $12,500, and it stands out from the others because of its unusually strong language. Specifically, said Zimet, Obama's promise to restore the manufacturing industry stands out, as does his sign-off salutation of "your president hears you and is fighting for you every day."

Zimet has become the go-to for Americans who want to sell their notes from Obama, ever since he got $7,000 for a note sent to Wisconsin resident Jennifer Cline.

Zimet, based in Studio City, Calif., said that he deals exclusively with handwritten notes. "Every single letter that is typed and signed by Obama is signed by autopen," he said. "It's a mechanically produced signature and is absolutely worthless."

Stephenson had written to President George W. Bush back when he was in office and received a typed letter with his signature at the bottom, so she already knew how rare Obama's card was. Still, she wasn't prepared for the amount of money Zimet estimated her note was worth and knew she couldn't hold on to it for her children.

"At this point in time, our situation for our family is so bad that even if [Zimet] had told me $100, I probably would have considered it," said Stephenson. Even though her husband has found a new job since Stephenson sent her letter to the president, they are still partially on food stamps and can't afford to keep Obama's note.

"Our family is going through a really rough patch," she said.

Laura Stephenson's note from the president:

This is your disgusting POFS president. notes to this chick. Form letters to soldiers KIA.

You should - the messiah you stupid 94ers worship solely based on racial solidarity is a disgrace and a thug.

Im talking about my brother Gunny AR Smith.. the marine...the one that fights so your dumb ass has the freedom of speech to post such idiotic shit. That brother... the 94... not sure who that is. Im sorry you worship some idiot who youve flipped on more than a fucking gymnastic. You hate romney then and then you love him now.. what % are you in.. the confused one i guess... Sorry.. your God Romney is a fraud and you know it.

Im talking about my brother Gunny AR Smith.. the marine...the one that fights so your dumb ass has the freedom of speech to post such idiotic shit. That brother... the 94... not sure who that is. Im sorry you worship some idiot who youve flipped on more than a fucking gymnastic. You hate romney then and then you love him now.. what % are you in.. the confused one i guess... Sorry.. your God Romney is a fraud and you know it.

And if your bro dies - your family is getting some bullshit worthless form letter too while Heavy D and the other idiots get hand written notes from the moron you voted for and who destroyed your profession.

And if your bro dies - your family is getting some bullshit worthless form letter too while Heavy D and the other idiots get hand written notes from the moron you voted for and who destroyed your profession.